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Directorate of Health Services
The University Health Services’ mandate is to give qualitative healthcare to students, staff, staff dependants and members of the adjoining communities to the University. The Directorate oversees the environmental health of the institution and offers among other things, services like Family Planning; Free Health Counseling; Free Tuberculosis and Leprosy service; and has Voluntary Counseling and […]
Department of Pasture And Range Management
The Department, at the time of inception of the University in 1988 was anchored in the College of Plant Science and Crop Production. It took off in September 1991 with the assumption of duty of the first academic staff and coordinator and admission of students from the 1992/93 session. With a restructuring programme in 1994, […]
Department of Animal Production & Health
The Department of Animal Production and Health was established in 1989 at its minicampus Isale-Igbein which is located in the centre of Abeokuta. The Department moved along with the University to the permanent site in December 1997. The Department emphasizes modern way of teaching and research in Animal Production. The Department has three laboratories for […]
Department of Animal Physiology
The Department of Animal Physiology was created in August 2006, the fifth in COLANIM. It is the only Department in the Nigerian University System devoted exclusively to the study of Animal Physiology under the Bachelor of Agriculture Degree Programme. At the end of a 5-year Undergraduate Programme, students graduate with the Bachelor of Agriculture. The […]
Department of Animal Nutrition
The Department of Animal Nutrition is devoted to the pursuit of scientific knowledge that is related to the feeds and feeding of all classes of farm animals (animals of agricultural importance). The major focus of livestock and research covers ruminant, non-ruminant and micro-livestock nutrition. The research interest runs the gamut from applied studies to basic […]
Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics
The Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics was established in 1988 as an entirely new concept in the Nigerian University System at the inception of University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. It constitutes one of the five Departments currently run by the College of Animal Science and Livestock Production (COLANIM) and offers sound and accredited programme leading […]
College of Environmental Resources Management
Preamble The College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM) was established with four other Colleges at the inception of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in 1988. Currently, the Departments in the College which offer five years Bachelor degree programmes are: Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology Department of Forestry and […]
Students’ Affairs
Introduction Student Affairs Division, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta is under the Office of the Vice-Chancellor. The Division is headed by the Dean, Student Affairs who is a member of the University Senate and also responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day running of the Division. The Dean is assisted by a Deputy Dean, a […]
Department of Communication & General Studies
Preamble In accordance with the requirement of the National Universities Commission (NUC) stipulated for all degree programmes, FUNAAB offers courses in General Studies which are generally unrelated to the courses characterising each degree programme. In 1988, the Department of General Studies was established. In 1999, the University Senate vide Senate Meeting of February 18, 1999, […]
Department of Agricultural Administration
Preamble The Department of Agricultural Administration was established in 2009 as one of the four Departments in the College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD). The mandate of the Department is to teach and conduct research in all aspects of agricultural administration and to contribute to the development of our immediate environment. The changing […]
Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development
Background Information Agricultural Extension and Rural Development as a sub-discipline in the Agricultural curriculum provides training in the techniques of delivering technical agricultural skills to the users. It is a core area, which cuts across all other discipline. Its need in the overall training programme underlines the importance of the knowledge of the processes and […]